(13 Sep 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jackson, Mississippi – 13 September 2025
1. Rack focus on eyes of "Portrait of Frederick"
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Staci Williams, museum visitor:
"I was mesmerized … the colors, the expression. His humanity seemed to jump off of the page."
3. Staci Williams, museum visitor, examines "Portrait of Frederick"
4. "Portrait of Frederick" hangs next to statue
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Jackson, Mississippi – 12 September 2025
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Betsy Bradley, Laurie Hearin McRee Director at Mississippi Museum of Art:
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"This is a portrait of a man named Frederick. This is one of two known portraits of enslaved people who lived and worked in Mississippi before the Civil War. So it’s very unusual."
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Jackson, Mississippi – 13 September 2025
6. Museum plaque for "Portrait of Frederick"
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Jackson, Mississippi – 12 September 2025
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Betsy Bradley, Laurie Hearin McRee Director at Mississippi Museum of Art:
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"He was basically the overseer of other enslaved people. and yet, of course, he had no choice."
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Jackson, Mississippi – 13 September 2025
8. Staci Williams, museum visitor, walks past paintings
9. Close up on Frederick’s eyes
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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Staci Williams, museum visitor:
"I wonder about what he’s thinking … his eyes are interesting because he doesn’t seem to give anything away."
11. Side angle on "Portrait of Frederick."
12. Gallery containing "Portrait of Delia"
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Jackson, Mississippi – 12 September 2025
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Betsy Bradley, Laurie Hearin McRee Director at Mississippi Museum of Art:
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"When we purchased the "Portrait of Delia" … the only other known portrait of an enslaved person here — we wanted to do that because … you know, having this kind of portrait brings a more human element to the story of slavery. "
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Jackson, Mississippi – 13 September 2025
14. Close up on "Portrait of Delia"
15. Sign reading "What does Delia’s facial expression reveal to you?"
16. Portrait of Delia" hangs in gallery
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17. SOUNDBITE (English) Betsy Bradley, Laurie Hearin McRee Director at Mississippi Museum of Art
"And we are really only scratching the surface of what we know about life for enslaved people."
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Jackson, Mississippi – 13 September 2025
18. Pan down of "Portrait of Frederick"
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19. SOUNDBITE (English) Betsy Bradley, Laurie Hearin McRee Director at Mississippi Museum of Art
"But we need to learn it because we’re responsible for it."
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Jackson, Mississippi – 13 September 2025
20. Staci Williams looks at "Portrait of Delia"
STORYLINE:
With powerfully haunting eyes and an enigmatic expression, “Portrait of Frederick”, an enslaved man painted circa 1840, stares out at visitors of the Mississippi Museum of Art.
A little further into the museum is Delia, a Black woman dressed in red and wearing a head scarf who bears a similarly unknowable expression. The pair of portraits are the only known pre-emancipation paintings of enslaved people in Mississippi.
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